Teens throw rocks at trucks

SOUTH BEND -- It may seem like youthful mischief to some, but police say throwing things from an overpass onto traffic can be deadly because drivers have no idea what's coming. Indiana State Police said Wednesday two teens, believed to be between 14 and 16 years old, threw rocks onto the Indiana Toll Road from the Portage Avenue overpass overnight, either cracking or shattering the windshields of six semi-trucks. Indiana State Police and South Bend police K-9 units tracked the teens and chased them into a nearby apartment complex, but eventually lost track of the pair. In this case, no one was hurt, but Lt. Dallard Tackett of Indiana State Police says that isn't always the case. "Years ago, I remember a kid throwing a brick off and killing a person. The brick went through the windshield and it killed (the driver)," he said.